Start-up launches India’s first COVID home test kit
Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inexpensive COVID-19 home test kit—the country’s first—will help the massive South Asian nation better track the pandemic’s spread...
Yearly Archive: 2021
Doctors urge delay in next lockdown easing in England
Britain’s main doctors’ union has joined calls for the next planned lockdown easing in England to be delayed, as figures Friday showed new COVID-19 cases across...
Some J&J vaccine doses can be used, but many must be tossed
U.S. regulators are allowing the release of about 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory, but many more doses...
Europe’s Summer of Recovery Is More Fragile Than It Looks
An anticipated surge of tourism in Portugal is suddenly not at all certain — a symbol of the global economy’s continued struggle with pandemic uncertainty.
Oyster Farmers Who Feared Going Broke Brace for Summer Boom
When restaurants closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the nationwide market for oysters cratered. That’s not the end of the story.
Has New York Hit a Progressive Plateau? The Mayor’s Race Is a Key Test.
Concerns about crime are dominating the Democratic primary, and the party’s left wing has just started to coalesce.
How Private Equity Firms Avoid Taxes
The I.R.S. almost never audits private equity firms, even as whistle-blowers have filed claims alleging illegal tax avoidance.
Born on the Left, Data for Progress Comes of Age in Biden’s Washington
A liberal think tank has grown comfortable with mainstream influence. Other activists say that being “normie” means it’s selling out.
Baseball’s Sticky Situation With Ball Doctoring
Doctoring baseballs with ultra-tacky substances has pitchers dominating and some questioning the game’s integrity. Can cleaning up the balls liven up the sport?
Leaders Poised to Sign Declaration on Global Health
The annual Group of 7 leaders summit is underway in Cornwall, England, with Covid, climate change, China and Russia on the agenda. Here’s the latest.
